Do you even kale?

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  • mean_and_lean
    mean_and_lean Posts: 164 Member
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    juggernaut1974 wrote: »
    I don't trust any food that has to be 'massaged' to be edible

    Massaged? I've never had to "massage" the kale. Just cut the leaves off the spine, chop it up and use.

  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
    edited February 2016
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    jemhh wrote: »
    juggernaut1974 wrote: »
    I don't trust any food that has to be 'massaged' to be edible

    No bread?
    _John_ wrote: »
    juggernaut1974 wrote: »
    I don't trust any food that has to be 'massaged' to be edible

    so no meat or bread, brah?


    Darn you two and your 'gotcha' questions...clearly it's a media conspiracy
  • mean_and_lean
    mean_and_lean Posts: 164 Member
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    gothchiq wrote: »
    Kale is thyroid suppressive. Since I'm hypothyroid, the doctor advises me not to eat kale.

    Do you also not eat broccoli, cauliflower, arugula, brussel sprouts . . . basically any cruciferous vegetable because they have the same effect as kale.
  • sunnybeaches105
    sunnybeaches105 Posts: 2,831 Member
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    mean_and_lean wrote: »
    sunnybeaches105 wrote: »
    Interesting. So, people actually like kale? I thought it was one of those things people tortured themselves with because self flagellation is so out of style.

    There are a lot of good ways to prepare it. I've had it sauteed with bacon with blue cheese crumbled on it, I've frozen a bunch of it and used it in soups, sauces, and other dishes, I've had it steamed . . . .

    I had it in a salad once and ended up picking it all out. Oh, and in a smoothie, but there was enough fruit in there to mask the taste. I thought it was unfair to the fruit though. And bacon? Don't you feel bad for bringing down the bacon with it? Sort of like the hot girl being paired with the nerdy guy in chemistry class? Wait. I'm kale!? Never mind . . .
  • senecarr
    senecarr Posts: 5,377 Member
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    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    juggernaut1974 wrote: »
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    juggernaut1974 wrote: »
    I don't trust any food that has to be 'massaged' to be edible

    Been eating kale for over 40 years, have no idea what that statement means. I have never massaged kale. I'm not even sure how one would go about it. :laugh:

    For your reading enjoyment

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/18/how-to-massage-kale_n_1601200.html

    Interesting. Now if only I could get it to massage me.

    Just buy Soviet Kale.
  • Merrysix
    Merrysix Posts: 336 Member
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    I like how kale tastes when I mix it 50/50 with spinach. I grew up eating greens -- we had a farm and my favorite was a wild green called lamb's quarter or pigweed. My mom used to send me out with the scissors to cut it.
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
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    gothchiq wrote: »
    Kale is thyroid suppressive. Since I'm hypothyroid, the doctor advises me not to eat kale.

    I think that's only when eaten raw, isn't it? Spinach is also if not cooked.
  • Queenmunchy
    Queenmunchy Posts: 3,380 Member
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    juggernaut1974 wrote: »
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    juggernaut1974 wrote: »
    I don't trust any food that has to be 'massaged' to be edible

    Been eating kale for over 40 years, have no idea what that statement means. I have never massaged kale. I'm not even sure how one would go about it. :laugh:

    For your reading enjoyment

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/18/how-to-massage-kale_n_1601200.html

    Massaged is the best!
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 27,996 Member
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    juggernaut1974 wrote: »
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    juggernaut1974 wrote: »
    I don't trust any food that has to be 'massaged' to be edible

    Been eating kale for over 40 years, have no idea what that statement means. I have never massaged kale. I'm not even sure how one would go about it. :laugh:

    For your reading enjoyment

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/18/how-to-massage-kale_n_1601200.html

    The kale from my garden is neither bitter nor tough. I've bought some in the supermarket that came pre-chopped in a bag that was terrible. I wonder how many people who have had bad experiences with kale are eating old kale.
  • _Terrapin_
    _Terrapin_ Posts: 4,301 Member
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    juggernaut1974 wrote: »
    I don't trust any food that has to be 'massaged' to be edible
    Kobe beef?!? And they chant to the lads.....
  • Sarahb29
    Sarahb29 Posts: 952 Member
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    Of course I kale!
  • _Terrapin_
    _Terrapin_ Posts: 4,301 Member
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    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    _Terrapin_ wrote: »
    auddii wrote: »
    carmkizzle wrote: »
    Nah, kale tastes like dirt a little too "earthy" for my liking

    +1 and beets.

    Have you tried beet greens?!? Clean off the dirt and they taste like dust. Packed full of stuff. What stuff?!? IDK, but it has stuff.
    mean_and_lean wrote: »
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    Nope

    It's just greens

    Used to be cheap cattle fodder until it was picked up as a "superfood"

    One born every minute

    Not everyone is a sheep. I never had kale until it was part of a crop share I was getting with my sister. Loved it ever since.

    I was eating kale decades before I ever heard the word "superfood". It's not a new crop, ya know.

    More food choices then when I was growing up. superfood lists are great to garner interest, sell magazines, but I would need to make kale chips to eat it regularly. Tried it in smoothies and just wasn't my bag. Spinach is my friend. Kale for some reason is the red headed step child. Let me oil it, bake it, then maybe.

  • boofmylumpia
    boofmylumpia Posts: 43 Member
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  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    edited February 2016
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    _Terrapin_ wrote: »
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    _Terrapin_ wrote: »
    auddii wrote: »
    carmkizzle wrote: »
    Nah, kale tastes like dirt a little too "earthy" for my liking

    +1 and beets.

    Have you tried beet greens?!? Clean off the dirt and they taste like dust. Packed full of stuff. What stuff?!? IDK, but it has stuff.
    mean_and_lean wrote: »
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    Nope

    It's just greens

    Used to be cheap cattle fodder until it was picked up as a "superfood"

    One born every minute

    Not everyone is a sheep. I never had kale until it was part of a crop share I was getting with my sister. Loved it ever since.

    I was eating kale decades before I ever heard the word "superfood". It's not a new crop, ya know.

    More food choices then when I was growing up. superfood lists are great to garner interest, sell magazines, but I would need to make kale chips to eat it regularly. Tried it in smoothies and just wasn't my bag. Spinach is my friend. Kale for some reason is the red headed step child. Let me oil it, bake it, then maybe.

    If you had said you were going to make a smoothie using kale when I was growing up people would have thought you were crazy (or, as my grandma used to say, "tetched in the head") Right after they asked "What is a smoothie ?" :laugh:
  • MommyL2015
    MommyL2015 Posts: 1,411 Member
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    I do not kale. Or spinach. (psst, vegetable names are not verbs.)

    Broccoli is good though :)
  • senecarr
    senecarr Posts: 5,377 Member
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    _Terrapin_ wrote: »
    juggernaut1974 wrote: »
    I don't trust any food that has to be 'massaged' to be edible
    Kobe beef?!? And they chant to the lads.....

    I think beef is pretty edible even not massaged.
  • senecarr
    senecarr Posts: 5,377 Member
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    MommyL2015 wrote: »
    I do not kale. Or spinach. (psst, vegetable names are not verbs.)

    Broccoli is good though :)
    I'm here to squash that idea.
  • ElizabethOakes2
    ElizabethOakes2 Posts: 1,038 Member
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    I kale but only because we get one of those organic farmboxes and sometimes it has kale in it. I like to saute it with red onion and mushroom with a little garlic olive oil.
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
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    senecarr wrote: »
    MommyL2015 wrote: »
    I do not kale. Or spinach. (psst, vegetable names are not verbs.)

    Broccoli is good though :)
    I'm here to squash that idea.

    Ha! Good one.

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